One and a half million people live in Gaza Strip, half of them children. Since 2008 when Israeli Defence Forces stepped up raids in Gaza in an attempt to prevent mortar attacks across borders many people have been killed and a blockade imposed on movement of civilians and goods leading to a collapse of the Palestinian economy. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Palestine’
The Free Gaza Movement
Posted in Current events, History, Human Rights, Organisations, tagged Gaza, Israel, Palestine on June 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Palestine’s Poet
Posted in Current events, People, tagged News, Palestine, Poetry on August 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When Palestine’s beloved poet Mahmoud Darwish died in Houston Texas last week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared there would be three days’ national mouring. I thought poetry could change everything, could change history and could humanize, and I think that the illusion is very necessary to push poets to be involved and to believe, but now [...]
